Clean Beauty Isn’t Intimidating At New E-Commerce, Event And Community Concept Clara Mae James

After Jamie Sylves had her daughter in 2017, she felt off and struggled to leave her house. She’d been watching for signs of depression, but that wasn’t it. The mystery was solved when Sylves attended a mommy-and-me group session, where a speaker talked about postpartum OCD, a condition she ultimately was diagnosed with. “I ...

The Success Of First Uplink Live Results In Expansion To Los Angeles And Berlin In 2020

On the third day of the Week of Independent Beauty New York 2019 in late August, Uplink Live was born. By the evening of the fourth, results were in: Uplink Live was not only a success, it was a hit. Now, Indie Beauty Media Group, ...

Skyn Iceland Overcame A Recession And Sephora Exit To Reach $20M In Retail Sales And Counting

Sarah Kugelman has a knack for spotting beauty trends before they emerge. When she created the website Gloss.com in 1999, Amazon had barely budged beyond books. Far in advance of self-care being a ubiquitous buzzword, she foresaw that the relationship between skincare and stress would be integral to the beauty industry. She even named ...

How Indie Beauty Entrepreneurs Find The Right Graphic Designers To Shape The Look Of Their Brands

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 12 brand founders and executives: Did you use graphic designers when creating your brand, and how did you find them?

Social CBD Explodes On The Cannabis Consumer Goods Scene At 10,000 Retail Doors

CBD should perhaps stand for constant business developments. Since President Donald Trump signed the Farm Bill that federally legalized hemp in December, nonstop activity in the cannabidiol space has retailers’, investors’, entrepreneurs’ and reporters’ heads spinning. Take the case of Social CBD. The latest iteration of Select CBD, the new brand is launching ...